Category Archives: Co-working

Learning to work where we live

21 Friday Jan 2011

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For many, working near where they live is a long standing dream. Waving goodbye to commutes and starting one’s own enterprise is not something to be taken on by the faint of heart.

Bridging the gap between desires and knowledge, Sierra Commons is offering a six-week business course to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch new businesses in Nevada County, a scenic Sierra Nevada Gold Rush town. This course could become a model, contributing to developing, walkable, sustainable communities with local support services in many regions. Learn more about building local, living economies here

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Bucking the “Over the Hill” Drive

12 Friday Feb 2010

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I dropped by the Satellite Telework Center today,  a co-working space in downtown Felton, California.  Founding partner Jim Graham poured a cup of coffee and sat down with me to report on this growing business’ progress.

Graham and partners Barbara Sprenger and Ken Meshke started the business almost a year ago, and are on track with their projected goals.

“We always felt this would be the beta site and we now have several more sites in Santa Cruz County under consideration. I have studied co-working for years and have always wondered what prevented this way of working from really taking hold. Our idea has been to get the right mix of  components in terms of services, space configuration and community involvement and then reproduce this, with each site having a ‘neighborhood personality.'”

Jim Graham, Director of Marketing

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Up Side in a Down Economy

04 Thursday Feb 2010

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Sierra Commons Open House

One of the bright spots in the economic downturn has been the emergence of real world shared workspaces, co-working communities and collaborative work environments.

Touting a series of benefits that range from reduced cost, quality of life, carbon-reduction and networking, telework and co-working environments return great dividends to participants.

Small entrepreneurial business ventures get a foothold with high-speed internet, phone and fax services for a fraction of the cost of providing in a home office. Add to this the possibility of informal networking and the general pleasantness of working together, alongside the carbon reduction of delivering space/utility resources that would otherwise be duplicated.

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